Woody Hayes statue goes up on OSU campus

COLUMBUS (AP) -- An 8-foot-tall bronze statue of legendary football coach Woody Hayes is going up outside the Ohio State University athletic center that bears his name.

The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/VS8hqT ) reports that the 800-pound likeness of the longtime coach has been in the works for five years. It's scheduled to be affixed to a granite base Wednesday afternoon outside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center on campus.

The statue and other tributes come in recognition of the 100th anniversary of Hayes' birth on Thursday.